Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan, 42, has been chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate. Choosing the fiscally conservative Ryan has widely been seen as a bold but smart move for Romney. Ryan, who has served in Congress since 1998, rose quickly through the ranks and now serves as chair of the House Budget Committee. There, he crafted a set of controversial budgets that helped him gain political fame. But all rising stars have to start somewhere; his began in the small town of Janesville, Wis.

No, we won't hear the details because they all make Ryan look even better. At least all the accurate ones do. Ryan scares the Dems all the more because they will not be able to find any dirt on him, so they'll have to risk completely making it up.

Politicians are the worst of the worst. But you have to at least pick the lesser of evils - and to me the party that actually understand finance / corporations / how the market works / etc. is our best bet right now. That party is the Republican one (at this moment). Obama is a great story, very charismatic and a fan favorite for sure - but he has no idea what he is doing financially and it is evident by our stagnant economy and continued horrible unemployment rate. I could care less what you believe in, who you sleep with or pray to, or what gender / race / creed you are. As long as the economy is pumping, small businesses have a shred of hope to flourish and the government stays out of the way, we might have a chance to be competitive again in a global market. A President who stimulates the economy and gives everyone a chance of earning a good wage (if they care to put forth effort) is a successful one. When the economy is working and the consumers are spending, life is good. If you can make that happen I am voting for you. I will take the former CEO of Bain Capital over a life long taxpayer funded government employee who started politics in Chicago to handle this task. Just saying... We need to stop making decisions based on moral emotions and start thinking about what might happen if we keep digging deeper in debt / printing money and it isn't worth anything.

the debt needs to be dealt with, we are crushing our childrens future.

Our jobs are going overseas because of greed including union pension funds investing in companies that move jobs over seas

We the consumers buy the stuff that is made over seas because it is cheaper and we like cheap stuff, even if in the long run we cannot afford to ship our money over seas.

CEOs and the weathly have too much, but raising their taxes is only part of the issue.

If we want social security and medicare, we need to pay for it, there is no free lunch.

We cannot keep burdening the small and mid businesses because we hate the multi-nationals.

And the hate speech, and rash generalizations that take place in discussions like this may make you feel better but they have are harmful to the greater good.

Civil discourse and personal responisibility, putting others first, true patriotism, tolernace, shared sacrifice, punishment that fits the crime, raising and cherishing our children, a standard of great public education, more personal responisillty, rewards for excellance, free entrprise, worker protection, truly fair bargaining, controlling federal spending, This is what we need, but we are too soft to do it, we as a country are infact doomed. In the future we will be studied as a great flame of freedom that burned out because the citizens wanted rights, without responsibilities, and they proved it by their actions.

If you are a senior citizen, woman, ethnic or religious minority, gay/lesbian/anything else on the gender continuum, not making millions of dollars a year, etc., this man is not going to be helping you. In fact, he's going to do everything in his (amp; Romney's) power to make your life more miserable - financially and legally.

Are you even paying attention to anything? Romney has no plan to fix anything. He can't even decide if his budget is identical to Ryan's or different in any way. Are you really for tax cuts for the wealthy and cutting benefit programs? The man can't even tell you how much his budget reduces the deficit or when it'll happen... his and Ryan's response is "we'll work with Congress". I get that people hate Obama for whatever reason but do you REALLY think Romney is the choice for the White House? Based on what exactly???

Paul Ryan is a great American. We are fortunate to have citizens of his high moral caliber willing to serve in our government.

He is a very honest person in contrast to Joe Biden and Barack Obama who say anything and do anything to help them get re-elected.

He has had the courage to offer ideas and possible solutions to the very major problems we face as a country. Obama/Biden and other Democrats and their supporters who attempt to demonize this very honest and sincere man only show how low caliber they are and that they will lie to promote their own agenda.

The new Democratic motto seems to be "The end justifies the Means". Total dishonesty and anything else is OK if it furthers their agenda.